HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, Va. – Sophomore
Nathan Chen (South Riding, Va./Freedom) was a triple short of the cycle with three hits and three runs as the Randolph-Macon baseball team won 8-3 at Hampden-Sydney in ODAC action on Tuesday afternoon to give the Yellow Jacket seniors their 100th career victory.
The Basics
Score: Randolph-Macon 8, Hampden-Sydney 3
Venue: Yank Bernier Field at Ty Cobb Ballpark – Wurdeman Stadium
Records: RMC 19-7, 11-3 ODAC; H-SC 11-15, 5-11 ODAC
How It Happened:
- The Yellow Jackets got on the scoreboard in the top of the second. Chen had a leadoff double, moved to third on a groundout by freshman Jack Bowles (Mechanicsville, Va./Hanover) and scored on a sacrifice fly by senior Grayson Bush (Charlottesville, Va./Monticello) to give the visitors a 1-0 edge.
- Senior Drew Ramos (Williamsburg, Va./Lafayette) started and tossed three scoreless innings with one hit, no walks and four strikeouts. He struck out the side in the second.
- RMC added to its lead in the fourth. Freshman Zach Wernoski (Chapel Hill, N.C./East Chapel Hill) drew a one-out walk, went to second on a single by Chen and scored on a base hit by Bowles as the advantage moved to 2-0. Bush singled to knock in Chen, making it 3-0. Following a groundout, freshman Jon Quici (Paoli, Pa./Conestoga) singled to plate Bush and Bowles, giving RMC a 5-0 lead.
- Sophomore Colin Casey (Herndon, Va./South Lakes) pitched two hitless innings in the fourth and fifth with one strikeout to pick up the win and raise his record to 2-1.
- Chen homered to lead off the sixth, his first collegiate dinger, as the Yellow Jackets led 6-0.
- The Tigers tallied one in the sixth and two in the seventh to pull within three, but RMC answered in the top of the eighth. Sophomore Jordan Hill (Norfolk, Va./Granby) had a one-out single and Quici drew a walk. Sophomore Carter Schmitt (Glen Allen, Va./St. Christopher's) doubled to drive in both runners as the advantage grew to 8-3.
- Sophomore William Wian (Virginia Beach, Va./First Colonial) worked the final two frames with no hits and four strikeouts.
By The Numbers
- RMC has won 12 of its past 14 games.
- The Yellow Jackets are 17-0 when leading after seven innings.
- RMC is 10-0 when opponents score three runs or less.
- The Yellow Jackets are 11-3 in ODAC play, alone in first place.
- Chen went 3 for 5 with a double, a homer and three runs.
- Schmitt had two hits, including a double, and two RBI.
- Senior Myles Webb (Norfolk, Va./Granby) went 1 for 5 with a double and extended his hitting streak to 20 games, three away from the program record. He has 163 career hits, the 12th-highest total in program history.
- Quici was 1 for 3 with a walk, a hit batsman, a run and two RBI. He has reached base safely in 25 straight games.
- Wernoski drew a walk and scored a run. He has reached base safely in 23 straight games.
- Bush went 1 for 3 with one run and two RBI. He raised his career runs total to 102. Bush stole one base to give him 36 career steals, the ninth-highest total in program history.
For The Record
- This is the seventh RMC class to record 100 victories.
- Class of 2016: 108-52
- Class of 2017: 111-57
- Class of 2018: 125-41
- Class of 2019: 127-41
- Class of 2020: 107-34*
- Class of 2021: 104-31*
- Class of 2022: 92-34*
- Class of 2023: 96-39*
- Class of 2024: 100-45
- *Only played 16 games in 2020
Up Next
RMC will travel to York (Pa.) on Thursday, April 11, for a 3:30 p.m. contest.
